Hello, everyone! My name is Kate and I'm from Russian Federation, that's why sorry for my english I need your help, for my work at university I need answers of native speakers, it's very important for my research, please try to help me, I hope it will not be very difficult for you Here is my Questionnaire, you are welcome!

Read the following idioms and tick those which are typically English and have no equivalents in other languages.As the crow flies – directly or in a straight lineDutch treat – share the cost, when each person pays for himself or herselfFish out of water – a person who is uncomfortable in a situation or doesn’t belong in a particular environmentLook like a million dollars – look or feel extremely attractiveGo bananas – go crazyHave a frog in smb’s throat – be unable to speak clearly until you coughBring home the bacon – earn money to live onA penny pincher – a person who doesn’t like to spend moneyNot worth a red cent - worthlessHem and haw - hesitate to say smth. directly

If a non-native speaker uses the following idioms in his / her speech it sounds:NaturalAdmiringStrangeChoose one of these reactions for each idiom.

As the crow flies – directly or in a straight lineDutch treat – share the cost, when each person pays for himself or herselfFish out of water – a person who is uncomfortable in a situation or doesn’t belong in a particular environmentLook like a million dollars – look or feel extremely attractiveGo bananas – go crazyHave a frog in smb’s throat – be unable to speak clearly until you coughBring home the bacon – earn money to live onA penny pincher – a person who doesn’t like to spend moneyNot worth a red cent - worthlessHem and haw - hesitate to say smth. directly

Is this ok? I'm quite young so I might not know some of them completely.

As the crow flies – directly or in a straight line - yesDutch treat – share the cost, when each person pays for himself or herself - yesFish out of water – a person who is uncomfortable in a situation or doesn’t belong in a particular environment - yesLook like a million dollars – look or feel extremely attractive - yesGo bananas – go crazy - yesHave a frog in smb’s throat – be unable to speak clearly until you cough - yesBring home the bacon – earn money to live on - yesA penny pincher – a person who doesn’t like to spend money - yesNot worth a red cent - worthless - yesHem and haw - hesitate to say smth. directly - yes

If a non-native speaker uses the following idioms in his / her speech it sounds:NaturalAdmiringStrangeChoose one of these reactions for each idiom.

As the crow flies – directly or in a straight line - naturalDutch treat – share the cost, when each person pays for himself or herself - strangeFish out of water – a person who is uncomfortable in a situation or doesn’t belong in a particular environment - naturalLook like a million dollars – look or feel extremely attractive - admiringGo bananas – go crazy - naturalHave a frog in smb’s throat – be unable to speak clearly until you cough - strangeBring home the bacon – earn money to live on - strangeA penny pincher – a person who doesn’t like to spend money - strangeNot worth a red cent - worthless - strangeHem and haw - hesitate to say smth. directly - strange